The number of children looked after in England is up 4 per cent to 78,150 at 31 March 2019. This continues the increases seen in recent years. Children ceasing to be looked after during the year as a result of adoption fell by 7 per cent to 3,570. This continues the drop seen last year.
Read more in Family Law Week.
Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under government plans
The government will seek to make phone bans in schools statutory by introducing an amendment in the House of Lords to the Children’s Wellbeing and
100 staff to transfer as another children’s charity joins Coram network
Family Lives, registered as a charity in 1999 under the name Parentline Plus, joined the Coram Group today, with its 150 volunteers also transferring to
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Read the full article in the Guardian here.